Dr. King's philosopy...will it work for the issues we face today?

Tonight on www.bks1radio.com BKS1 Radios Live In The Vocal Booth Show we rate and review Keyshia Cole's new release Calling All Hearts at 10 pm. Then at 11 pm we go to our hot topic for the night.

Tonight’s Topic: WOULD DR. KING PHILOSOPHY BE EFFECTIVE ON THE ISSUES WE FACE IN 2011?

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Each year we celebrate the birth of Dr. King we honor his life, and his sacrifice w/ a National Holiday and celebrations, but have we transferred the meaning of his philosophy and example of leadership to the generations that have followed? Have we taken for granted the Civil Rights Movement an it's impact on our lives?

Where are our modern day Dr. Kings? We our faced today with many challenges. We face drugs that have ravaged our communities and violent crime. We face poverty and a failing educational system. We face declining morals and abuse in homes. Where are the advocates and the leaders that we need to step out and make a difference in these areas?

Dr. King knew he was giving his life to give us liberty. What will you give? Tonight we will focus on his philosophy and how that worked to bring change and apply that thinking to the issues we face in 2011. Let’s celebrate Dr. King “Live In The Vocal Booth”

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Gender Roles in Society Today

Sun. December 5, 2010 - 10PM ET. 8PM PT
Tonight’s Topic: Has the Change in Gender Roles Hurt the Family and the Workplace?

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After 50 years of women moving into the workplace and men sharing in the at home responsibilities the roles traditionally held by men and women have drastically changed.

Women have evolved in almost every aspect of the work place from joining the arm forces to rising up the corporate ladder. Has this evolution been a positive one or has it broken the fiber of the family? This upward movement that has equipped women with competitive salaries and education be blamed for the crisis we see in youth violence and teenage pregnancy?

What about men that have taken on the role of Mr. Mom because mom can pull in more money and Dad stays home to rear the children. We want to know what you think about the gender switch and if it has made life better or worse. Let your voice be heard “Live in the Vocal Booth”.

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Double Standards...Do they exist? In the media, your relationships, in society? Are they right?

Tonight on www.bks1radio.com BKS1 Radio @ 10 pm est – 7 pm pst the Live In The Vocal Booth Team along with you the listener will rate and review Kem’s latest release Intimacy. Join us forfor our live interactive review process. Then the @ 11pm est – 8 pm pst on www.bks1radio.com the team will discuss the topic for the night: Is There A Double Standard When It Comes 2 How You Treat Your Daughters & How You Treat Your Sons- Is There A Double Standard In Relationships Between Men and Women? Is There A Double Standard How The Media Handles Black Racist Comments Towards Whites & White Racist Comments Towards Blacks. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Tune in and let us know by chatting in our shout box or call in 646-929-1530

First Amendment Rights!! has it become a joke? Tonight on BKS1 Radio we discuss our freedom of speech!

Tonight on BKS1 Radio @ 11pm est - 8 pm pst on www.bks1radio.com the  Live in The Vocal Booth team discusses:"The First Amendment Is A Joke" Does Freedom Of Speech Really Exist?

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Do we really have the freedom to speak our mind without being hindered or blocked? Freedom of speech is our human right, but have you ever been held back from speaking your mind or fell in to trouble utilizing your 1st Amendment Right? Some may argue the line between freedom of Speech as a liberating right for good and the ability to say or express anything is out of control. Let’s look at the Freedom of Speech in Entertainment and the evolution of main stream media from 50 years ago to today it is a boundless no limit arena. Thoughts and expressions seem to flow uninhibited, but at what expense. Has freedom of speech taken away prayer in schools? Has freedom of speech made it okay for immoral elements to be made main stream or has Freedom of Speech empowered the minority’s in this Country to have a say? Has freedom of Speech brought equality? There is no doubt that Freedom of Speech has changed the Landscape of our culture, but has it done more good or more wrong? Let us know what you think BKS1 Listeners because YOU have the Freedom of Speech tonight “Live in the Vocal Booth”

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Baby whats more important? Your Job, Family, Friends or Me!!!!

Saturday Aug. 7, 2010 on www.bks1radio.com the Live in the Vocal Booth team discusses relationships and the delicate balance it takes to maintain them. "Baby what's more important? Your Family, Your Job, Your Friends or Me? Don't make your mate choose.....":

You had friends, family, and career goals all before you got into a new relationship, now you’re in a new relationship and your mate gets upset with the time you put into other things besides them. How do you get your mate to understand that even though we are together we are still individuals and you love them but you had a life before them. Are they always calling you when you hangout with your friends? Do they interrupt you all the time when you’re at work or doing something you like to do? When you want personal quality time with your family do they come up with something they want you to do with them? Do they start fights to get your attention because you’re focusing on something that’s important to you and it’s not them? The BKS Team will discuss these relationship issues along with You the Listener. So Join the debate in the Chat Room or Call-In 646-929-1530 & Be Heard on THE LIVE IN THE VOCAL BOOTH SHOW.

What's wrong with people? It is really time to grow up

The people in this video should be ashamed of themselves for show how ignorant and inhumane they really are. With the advent of camera phones and small hand held camcorders we have created a million Spielberg's running around the hood now. This can come in handy when the camera is used for productive and helpful purposes, but in this case people stood around filmed and laughed as two young woman went at it in the street. Clothes hanging of and body parts exposed for the world to see smh! At what point does someones conscious and heart kick in and say damn I need to step in and break this up. Stop these two ladies from embarrassing themselves in front of everyone on the street and with the use of video options on cell phones now to a greater magnitude of people around the world. I know there are some saying these are two adults who chose under their own will to fight and knew the possible outcome was to be exposed. To those people I say, in the heat of the moment it is hard to think clearly and rationally. That is why we all need a voice of reason in times like those, and we all do have them every now and then. That voice of reason is the one that steps in between them and stops the madness, which finally happened at the end of the clip. As you see it was a woman that stepped in and put a cease to it. The men all stood around laughing and gawking. Dudes always like to see a chick fight, looking for the possibility that someone will have a wardrobe malfunction. I wonder if any of the guys would have stood around and laughed it that was their sister out there fighting like that with body parts out?

We really need to start looking at each other as brothers and sisters. If we don't show the proper respect to ourselves and each other. Then how can we truly expect anyone to respect us in the way we deserve to be respected. Things like this justify peoples views of us as animals, disrespectful, and ignorant.

Lets wake up people and respect ourselves and each other. Learn to handle things in a more mature and socially conscious way. We all will have slips and make some bad decisions, but overall we have to start to make better strides for improvement as a people, community and culture. The examples we set for the youth will go along way into shaping how our communities and people are viewed in the future. Sometimes making the right choice isn't necessarily for the now result, but for the future results. Each one teach one and it takes a village to raise a child are two sayings that come to mind. Get back to the times of our parents parents and the strong sense of pride in ourselves, that has been slowly chipped away by outside influences. Some we can control and others we have no control over. Take control over the influences that you can to make a positive difference.

Sports Show on BKS1 Radio

Sports has always been a way to bring people together to have healthy debates about who’s the best team/player/era. So many different angles and opinions that we decided to start a sports show on BKS1 Radio. Tonight’s the night on BKS1 Radio (www.bks1radio.com) we kick off our sports show In The Game with BKS1 @ 9 pm est. Are you a sports fanatic, love sports and talking about it, or are you a casual fan who wants to get the latest info and be entertained? We are going to cater to all levels of the sports fan. Call in (646-929-1530) let us know your favorite teams and why or chat in our shout box. Let your opinion be heard.

You be You and let Me be Me

It seems as though we as a people are always worried about what the next man or woman is doing with their lives. All this does is breed jealousy, envy and hatred. If you have seen the move Seven then you know where those emotions can lead. Take a long look at yourself and where you are in respect to where you want to be. May be the one thing holding you back the most from attaining whatever you desire is looking right back at you in the mirror every morning. This may be a harsh reality for some, but if your honest with yourself and don’t want to lead yourself astray then you will give yourself a brutal self evaluation. I look in the mirror and what I see is a man trying to do the best he can, but has faults that need to be addressed. I am going to open up and let you know what I think I need to work on to be a better man/person/contributor to society.

One of my major faults is I am very quick to judge someone and get my mind set in a way that it’s hard to change my opinions. This has lead to plenty of hard feelings between me and other people for no valid reasoning beyond my own rushed assessment of them. This may be the hardest of them all for me to correct, because I have to learn that we are not all the same and not all on the same mental/emotional/spiritual level. I have to realize that just because I see things one way and portray someone’s actions as wrong, they in turn may not consider what they are doing as wrong or bothering me. I think this stems from my belief that everyone has common sense and should know how to do the simplest tasks. But in reality what may be simple to me may be extremely difficult to another. This works the other way too, what I may see as extremely difficult may be an easy task to someone else. I have to learn to accept that I have limitations as well as every other person walking this earth. Not judge a person by his/her limitations, but help them work through them to make them a better person. In return I would hope they would return the same actions towards me. If I can do that I think it will make me a better man and person.

Now I have stepped out on the limb to reveal one of my major faults. Can you do the same? It really helps to see who you really are when you put things down in writing and have them staring back at you. This process works in setting personal goals, they say write them down and put them were you can see. This will help the dream become reality. So write down your faults and what you think you need to work on and work towards crossing them off the list one by one. This may be a lifelong process and you may never completely whip your list clean but with each deletion you will be one step towards being the man or woman that you want to be in life.

Do this open and freely and don’t worry about what other people have to say about you. You be you and let them be them, hence the variation from my title. There are times when we have to be concerned with each other and there are times when we need to focus on ourselves. For this to work you have to really and truly be brutally honest with yourself and not lie to yourself. After this initial self evaluation its ok to get someone else’s take on your conclusions. Run the list by someone close to you and get their views on it. Tweak it if needed and then you are on your way to becoming a better person, to yourself and the people around you…..The_Ghost_BKS1

People influence Society as Society influences People

I am just a normal everyday working man who has something to say. I went back and forth with myself about blogging for a while now. Based on recent events I decided it was a good way to get things off my chest and hopefully start a healthy debate. Possibly the outcomes from the healthy discussion will be the change of a life or lives. So this is my go at blogging and I want this to be an interactive board and your opinions are welcome and will get a personal response from me. I don’t believe in censorship so say what’s on your mind and how you feel honestly. We are all entitled to our opinions and they will not always agree. Productive banter will lead to a better understanding of each other and to a better society in general. That being said lets get onto my first post…….

Some time ago on our radio show Live in the Vocal Booth with BKS1 radio we discussed gun control or lack of gun control. Due to the tragic circumstances that surrounded the loss of a friend to the show, we felt it necessary to bring this issue to light. During the discussion it seemed as though rap music was brought up by a few different participants. Here is my take on that.

I wouldn’t necessarily blame it on rap music on a whole. I would say it has more to do with the lack of variety in hip hop. Be more creative in your song writing and story telling. Back in the day there was a large variety of rap going on from Public Enemy to Kwame. Now a days everyone just wants to be harder than the next and thinks it’s cool to be the thug/gangster who doesn’t care about the next man. That in their eyes makes them the “man”. What the youth who look up to these artists see is a person who has all they want to have, i.e. cars, house, women. So to them they think this is what they need to do to get to that position. You can try to use the old saying “don’t do as I do, do as I say” but that doesn’t hold water to a young person. To them you did it and you made it so they have no reason to think that they can’t do the same thing. Artists and entertainers really need to take into account that it’s not always what you say but what you portray that is the most influential. They cannot keep running around here and glamorizing the gang life and drug game, when they are multi millionaires and do not live in the same environments that these issues are prevalent anymore. It’s easy to shout and start an uproar and then go “up in the hills” away from the problem.

Now I understand that the point will be brought up that this is what the rappers know from their experience. So this is what they talk about. Yada, Yada, Yada…I am fine with that and believe a person has the right to tell a story based on their personal experiences either from what they have done or seen. My only issue is that both sides of the coin are not being shown. Show the down side and the pitfalls of that life. Let them know and visually show then that if you choose to go this route and be that dude you are more than likely not going to make it out of the life a free man or even alive. Tell them the truth every rapper wasn’t the man on his block and he wasn’t the kingpin. To people that really know the game they know that it doesn’t add up. But to an influential mind they grab a hold and believe every word that comes out of these artists mouth.


I think it’s a reflection on society on a whole, the rise in gun violence. If you look at the movies, music and video games they are all trending towards more blood and gore. Taking all these things into account, I believe it leads to a very indifferent feeling among people and the lack of caring for one another.

The ways to counteract these forces is to have a stronger family core at home. I don’t want to hear that there are single parent households. That should not effect how the parent that’s in the house raising the child. They should still want to raise them with a strong set of moral, family values and respect. The problem comes in when the parent who is raising the children on their own, feels abandoned and neglected to the point of self pity. They have this woe is me attitude and fail to properly raise and supervise their kids. Always feeling like they have that crutch of oh I’m a single parent and it’s hard for me. You may need to just work a little harder, but when it comes to the development of a child is there any other option?, but to work harder. Parents need to grow up and accept the responsibility of being a parent and mentor. Too many want to be kids themselves and do what they want to do. Some parents are way to selfish and that leads to the music, movies, video games and outside influences controlling their kids actions. Now I am not going to say my assessment is 100% accurate in all cases, but I would bet that in a majority of them it’s true. There will be instances where my theory will be completely wrong. But I do believe when children go astray it’s because of lack of attention, love and guidance at home first and foremost.

This leads me to my title for this piece: People influence Society as Society influences People. Before we quickly blame society for the actions of the youth, let us look in the mirror and assess how our actions influence society. Go back to the saying “Each one teach one” and our influences on society will be great and in turn societies influence on the people would be even better. Just some words to ponder…..The_Ghost_BKS1